Ambiguous belonging

Media practices among Syrians in Denmark

Bibliographic Data

ID12913370
AuthorsZenia Bredmose Henriksen Ab Yonus (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume13
Issue1
Pages105-122
Publication date2020-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Arab & Muslim Media Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-9411 • E-ISSN: 1751-942X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/jammr_00013_1
OpenAlexW3016235044
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

This article presents two prevailing media orientations among Syrian migrants in Denmark. The purpose is to show how Syrians relate to, and evaluate, mediated content, and how it relates to political action. The orientations are dyadic, and represent both news about the conflict in Syria, as well as Danish politics – migration policies in particular. The first is the ambivalent-localizing orientation that mirrors the twofold orientation towards both Danish and Syrian political events; and the second is the informed-obliterate , in which Syrians choose to drop out of media content about Syria due to mental health issues, or fear for their families still in Syria. The study shows how media practices among diasporic Syrians in Denmark are multidimensional, and puts forward the complexities of identity processes between here and there, between political activism and demobilization, and between gratitude for being safe and never feeling safe. The argument is that, these multi-local processes involve multiple interdependent factors, diverse encounters, as well as a variety of struggles in belonging. Syrians consequently lack agency as well as social, media and political recognition

Action (physics · Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Biology and political orientation · Danish · Interdependence · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Medicine · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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